Forestry cooperation could speed up inter-Korea talks

Moon speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, in Glasgow. He said tree planting was one of the key solutions to climate change. - AFP

GLASGOW (The Korea Herald/Asia News Network): South Korean President Moon Jae-in made another overture towards North Korea at a United Nations climate summit on Monday (Nov 1), suggesting planting trees together to reduce carbon emissions on the Korean Peninsula and pledging to make good on a three-year-old promise in an apparent bid to re-engage Pyongyang.

"The Republic of Korea will take a leading role in cooperation for reforestation," Moon said in his keynote speech at the 26th Conference of the Parties, or COP26, held in Glasgow, Scotland, calling tree planting one of the key solutions to climate change.